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Source: http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=276729
Abbas Decision to Attend Iran Parley Irks Israel
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Israeli officials on Monday slammed PA President Mahmoud Abbas for accepting an Iranian invitation to attend a conference in Tehran. "Abbas has to get off the fence and decide whom he is with," one official said. "He cannot on the one hand say he believes in peace and reconciliation, and on the other hand embrace Hamas and the Iranian leadership." The official said Abbas could not tell Israel he was a partner for peace "if he is a partner with these extreme elements." One diplomatic official in Jerusalem said the question should not be as much why Abbas is attending, but rather why the Non-Aligned Movement is holding a meeting in Iran in the first place.